I Am the Swarm

It is a very troublesome thing to withdraw the power of a star system as a whole, because after occupying a star system, a large number of basic buildings and a very large population of immigrants will inevitably be built.

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According to common sense, it takes almost a hundred years for a civilization to evacuate a star system that has been occupied for hundreds of years. If you want to evacuate cleanly, a hundred years is not enough.

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The time the Ji clan gave the swarm was twenty years. This time limit itself had the meaning of making things difficult, but it might also have other purposes, such as not enough time to evacuate the swarm and leave something behind.

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However, the personnel and arms structure of the swarm is not the same as the civilization of those mechanical routes, so the moving speed is naturally different.

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The swarm does not have a large number of "individuals" burdens, and does not need to dismantle the colony. If you don't need the creep and those fixed defense facilities, the swarm can go on a long journey in just a few days.

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But since the Ji Clan had given them twenty years, the swarm naturally had to make full use of it.

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However, when the swarm began to move, a large number of observation equipment also appeared on the periphery of several swarm bases such as Lazer Star, Izumo Star, and the close orbit of the star.

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They belong to different forces and civilizations, but they have the same purpose. They all want to peep more secrets of the swarm while they move. At this time, some important information is bound to be exposed, even if the swarm cannot be completely avoided, it can only be hidden as much as possible.

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The space troops and facilities of the swarm are almost all derived on the basis of creep, and the worst is also compatible with it. Moving at this time, those fixed ground electromagnetic guns, energy guns and the like can be integrated into the space octopus. These objects are too large and too numerous to be hidden.

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But it doesn't matter, at this level, even if the mechanical route can be completed, it is not a special skill.

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All the various units in the underground are recycled, and they are not exposed. Even the queens are recycled, and the recycled materials are made into space octopuses.

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As for the creep, Rowan was a little tangled. He originally planned to stay here, but he didn't know if he could get away with it. Later, I thought that even if the fungus was left behind, the Ji clan and foreign clans would not regard it as a native natural plant. At that time, it will definitely be dissected and studied. When the creep gene collapses, it will still be revealed. It is better to withdraw it all.

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So, the Creep slowly retracted to the ground, and then self-recovered, and all the energy was made into a space octopus.

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Of course, it is impossible to evacuate completely. In the depths of the planet's crust, there are still a lot of creep seeds and queen eggs buried. They are all condensed ultra-micro versions, top-level hidden abilities, so that other people except Rowan want to find them, which is many times more difficult than finding a needle in a haystack.

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In the end, there are only those underground structures. For hundreds of years, the swarms have compiled a huge network of caves in the underground of these planets. Because many materials have been absorbed, there is no way to restore it to its original appearance. Fortunately, with the evacuation of the creep, most of the places lost support and slowly collapsed, but some structures still exist tenaciously.

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Rowan could only destroy and bury them as much as possible. As time passed, the planets that had turned purple-gray slowly began to fade and returned to their original color, but there were a large number of depressions and even basins on the surface, which were all caused by the collapse of underground caves.

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Rowan's speculation is correct. After the dispute between the swarm and the Liken tribe was revised, the swarm silently followed suit. In addition to the swarm, because they dealt with it properly, there was no new handle for them to continue to attack, so they were concerned about it. The number of people has gradually decreased, and the heat has also dropped.

But Rowan also understands that this is only a temporary calm, and maybe soon, a new round of trouble will come.

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However, the development of things was a little bit beyond Rowan's expectations. Maybe there are really many forces behind the plan, and they will also play against each other, which makes one of them not take advantage of the situation to pursue.

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As a result, the swarm spent nearly twenty years safely, until the deadline given by the Ji clan was about to expire.

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Over the years, the Insect Swarm has successively withdrawn 60% of the troops from the Riken Galaxy in batches. The bases on several geological planets have almost been transferred, but there are still a large number of troops in the planetary near-orbit bases.

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Although the planetary near-orbit base is floating in the orbit of the star, there are no underground structures, and the evacuation should be completed faster. But don't forget, there are swarm megastructures here.

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When the rules of the Ji clan were revised, the giant structures here had grown to a size of more than 3,000 kilometers, and there were two of them. If this was replaced with a mechanical structure, it would be impossible to dismantle it for 180 years.

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Although Rowan can quickly decompose and recycle it, there is no occlusion by the surface of the planet, and the completely exposed field of vision makes all its movements invisible.

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In order to hide some of the secrets of the swarm, Rowan could only slow down and use the space octopus to pretend to dismantle it, which is also the reason why the most troops stayed here.

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However, the deadline is still approaching, and the progress of the dismantling work is not ideal. The giant structure is fully calculated, and only less than one-third of its volume has disappeared. In the remaining little time, it is undoubtedly a fool's dream to want to completely disassemble it.

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In the past 20 years, the number of aliens in the Rickan galaxy has doubled several times. When they looked at the swarm giant structure in the close orbit of the star, they just drooled.

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"It seems that the Zerg can't take this big guy away."

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"Haha, the Ji clan has given so much time, and it is estimated that he is also paying attention to this big guy."

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"Hmph, this is completely self-inflicted by the swarm. Such a huge creation, not to mention the outer circle, even the old civilizations in the middle circle and even the inner circle, few can create it."

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"Indeed, look at how many of these guys around us are trying to find out."

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The reason why megastructures are so rare is not that those civilizations do not have the resources to build civilizations that can colonize alien galaxies, and mining asteroids is a basic requirement. The rare minerals on the parent star are not difficult to find in the vast starry sky.

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But such a huge creation is not just something that can be simply piled up with resources. The larger its volume, the greater its own gravitational force. How to keep the gravitational balance of its various parts and prevent it from collapsing inward is a big question. And this is only the most basic, but it is this foundation that blocks most civilizations.

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The giant structure of the Insect Swarm is undoubtedly a successful work. Although it has been dismantled in part, it still cannot reduce its value. Other technologies are easy to hide, but some data such as its bone armor and its supporting structure can be collected by means of measurement.

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This is also the reason why, as the deadline approaches, there are more and more personnel in the Riken Galaxy. As long as they go in and take a look and take some pictures, they might be able to get a lot of inspiration.